sadslime's manga / #Yakuza(23)

After getting stabbed by his former lover, Nao's saved by a Yakuza, Kurou, and told to repay his debts. But as they get closer the realities of living life as a Yakuza seem to make a relationship impossible. I like the main couple well enough, but I really like the side couple and wish there was more of them! Trigger warnings: blood, violence.

Hashiba's crap company is so bad that his boss actually sells him off to the Yakuza to pay his debts. When he tries to convince the young boss Miki to let him leave because he wouldn't want a gay man as his housekeeper, Miki demands a blowjob, setting the tenor of their relationship from there on. It's fine as a quick smut read, but nothing special and the way the same keeps forcing himself on the uke is kinda gross. Trigger warnings: noncon, masochism, sex work, rape, attempted rape.

Chikage is the son of a yakuza boss who gets spoiled in everything, except the one thing he really wants—the second-in-command Aizawa's love! Since he assumes Aizawa is straight, he figures the only way for them to stay together is for him to take over the clan, but his father and Aizawa both are having none of it. So when Aizawa finally offers Chikage a bet that he has one month to seduce Aizawa and if he succeeds Aizawa will help him but if he fails, Chikage will give it up forever, Chikage jumps at the chance thinking it may be his only opportunity to touch the person he loves. But even though Aizawa seems to go along, he won't go all away due to reasons of his own that he absolutely doesn't want Chikage to know. Chikage is one of the prettiest ukes you'll see and he's also an innocent sweetheart, while Aizawa is pretty much your basic tough, handsome seme. So it's an okay story with some great eye candy. Trigger warning: attempted rape.

Assassins Shin and Keith are hired for a hit, but Shin is a little worried that the crazy Keith will go on a rampage. He does, but they get the job done, and after Keith is ready for a little fun, and he's not about to let anything interrupt them. Trigger warning: violence, gore.

Ch.1-3 - Bitch-kun Falls in Love - Sugiura is an assistant for the mangaka Komatsu, but unfortunately while he writes amazing works, the author himself is a lazy slut who only cares about feeling good. Sugiura winds up as Komatsu's sex friend, but when Komatsu gets a new assistant who seems closer to him, Sugiura starts to realize he wants more out of the relationship. Trigger warning: dubcon. Ch.4 - The Heart-stealer's Love - Hirosaki sometimes sees strange things, and this time, it's a floating heart following him around. Turns out it came from a student from another school, Shintarou, who he helped the other day at the train station and who seems to have fallen in love with him at first sight! Very cute, no trigger warnings. Ch.5 - The Young Master and the Beast - A yakuza heir who hates violence and loves fairytales and his caretaker who thinks he's very cute. No trigger warnings. Ch.6 - Kiss the Stars - Ever since realizing words can hurt other unintentionally as a child, Yoshino has always been quiet and slow to speak. So when he's confessed to by popular student Sawaki, he doesn't know how to respond. But Sawaki is ready to wait. No trigger warnings.

Azusa is the young boss of a yakuza clan who secretly stans the idol, Alto. One day he meets Alto at a bar and finds out that his cutesy persona is all a cover, and the real Alto is much more selfish, brash, and mouthy, but he's delighted nonetheless. Then Alto takes him to a hotel and practically rapes him, but tells him his real name is Kouichiro. After that, they become sex friends, then more, though things take a turn when Azusa's older brother returns from studying with the Italian mafia. Honestly, Azusa is very cute but the actual events of this story are whack. Trigger warnings: rape, lying/manipulation.

Tatsumi is a young omega mother who was abandoned with a load of debt by his fated pair, but when the alpha Ryuuga comes to collect, he decides Tatsumi takes his fancy and brings him and Tatsumi's child Riku to his own house. At first, Tatsumi is desperate to get out of there and pay back the debt, but as he sees Ryuuga's kindness and gentleness with him and Riku, he wants to stay, but fears the pull of his fated pair. Also includes a sequel about their married life a few years later. It's a cute story, but Riku's very realistic and funny "childisms" are what really make this one stand out to me. Trigger warnings: abduction, dubcon, attempted gangrape.

Kaede has lost yet another job for causing problems with customers, when really everyone assumes he starts trouble because of his looks. But the customer who helped him out, Rihito, happens to have a job offer at a bar that Kaede is happy to take. Rihito is soft-spoken and cool, and Kaede is so grateful to him that even finding out Rihito's family is in the yakuza doesn't push him away. But when Rihito kisses him while drunk and Kaede starts to expect more from this relationship, they'll need to work out what's really going on between them. The characters are both good-looking and the story is fine, but nothing special. Trigger warnings: drunk intimacy, stalker.

Akira just wants to keep the spirit of his grandfather's bathhouse alive, but unfortunately it's wound up in the center of a yakuza turf war, and all four young heads are determined to get it from him by force, manipulation, or seduction(pretty much rape). But one of them, Ryuichi, says he'll protect Akira to fulfill a promise that Akira can't remember. Really just smut, the story is not there. Trigger warning: noncon.

Aitani is a tax inspector, but the constant abuse has warped his fetishes. Sakimura is a young man called in by the tax bureau for back taxes for the business he recently took over, and when he runs into Aitani on the street, he notices how getting hit turned Aitani on and pushes him a little further, starting a relationship between the two. But just as things start to get good between them, Aitani's office launches a huge tax investigation into Sakimura that shows he has connections with organized crime. Does Aitani really know Sakimura, and how much can he trust him? The reveal about Sakimura was actually done really well, but the bizarre thing is that it felt like they were ramping up to a big climax involving their jobs and the yakuza, but then once Aitani finds out about Sakimura, instead it just defaults to happy dating time. Felt a bit anticlimactic. Trigger warnings: noncon, S&M, exhibitionism.